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Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 67A

Title: Punishment for Publishing or Transmitting of Material Containing Sexually Explicit Act, Etc., in Electronic Form.

State: Central

Year: 2000

1[67A. Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form.- Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted in the electronic form any material which contains sexually explicit act or conduct shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees and in the event of second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years and also with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees. __________________ 1. Inserted vide Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008.

Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 67B

Title: Punishment for Publishing or Transmitting of Material Depicting Children in Sexually Explicit Act, Etc., in Electronic Form.

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees and in the event of second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years and also with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees: Provided that provisions of section 67, section 67A and this section does not extend to any book, pamphlet, paper, writing, drawing, painting representation or figure in electronic form- (i) the publication of which is proved to be justified as being for the public good on the ground that such book, pamphlet, paper, writing drawing, painting representation or figure is the interest of science, literature, art or learning or other objects of general concern; or (ii) which is kept or used for bonafide heritage or religious purposes. Explanation- For the purposes of this section "children" means a persons who has not completed the age of 18 years.] __________________ 1. Inserted vide Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 107

Title: Reasonable Time for Transmitting Such Notice

State: Central

Year: 1881

A party receiving notice of dishonour, who seeks to enforce his right against a prior party, transmits the notice within a reasonable time if he transmits it within the same time after its receipt as he would have had to give notice if he had been the holder.

Electricity Act, 2003 Section 12

Title: Authorised Persons to Transmit, Supply, Etc., Electricity

State: Central

Year: 2003

No person shall-- (a) transmit electricity; or (b) distribute electricity; or (c) undertake trading in electricity, unless he is authorised to do so by a licence issued under section 14, or is exempt under section 13.

Government of India Act, 1833 [Repealed] Section 68

Title: Communications to Be Transmitted by Governors to Governor General in Council

State: Central

Year: 1833

* * *1the said governors and governors in council of the said presidencies of Fort William in Bengali, Fort Saint George, Bombay, and Agra respectively shall and they arc hereby respectively required regularly to transmit to the said governor general in council true and exact copies of all such orders and acts of their respective governments, and also advice and intelligence of all transactions and matters which shall have come to their knowledge, and which they shall deem material to be communicated to the said governor general in council as aforesaid, or as the said governor general in council shall from time to time require. ________________________ 1. Enacting words repealed, 51&52 Vict., c. 57.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 287

Title: Power to Transmit Statement to District Judge in Doubtful Cases Where No Contention

State: Central

Year: 1925

In every case in which there is no contention, but it appears to the District Delegate doubtful whether the probate or letters of administration should or should not be granted, or when any question arises in relation to the grant, or application for the grant, of any probate or letters of administration, the District Delegate may, if he thinks proper, transmit a statement of the matter in question to the District Judge, who may direct the District Delegate to proceed in the matter of the application, according to such instructions as to the Judge may seem necessary, or may forbid any further proceeding by the District Delegate in relation to the matter of such application, leaving the party applying for the grant in question to make application to the Judge.

Telegraph Act, 1885 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....country outside India. (2) In notifying the rates under sub-section (1), the Central Government shall have due regard to all or any of the following factors, namely :- (a) the rates for the time being in force, for transmission of messages, in countries out side India; (b) the foreign exchange rates for the time being in force; (c) the rates for the time being in force for transmission of messages within India; (d) such other relevant factors as the Central Government may think fit in the circumstances of the case.] SECTION 07: POWER TO MAKE RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF TELEGRAPHS (1) The Central Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules consistent with this Act for the conduct of all or any telegraphs, established, maintained or worded by the Government or by persons licensed under this Act. (2) Rules under this section may provide for all or any of the following among other matters, that is to say :- (a) the rates at which, and the other conditions and restrictions subject to such messages shall be transmitted17[within India]; (b) the precautions to be taken for preventing the improper interception or disclosure of messages; (c) the.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....in 1867, 1882andagain in 1893and 1896 but all these attempts failed owing to legal and constitutional difficulties.Two of the principal contributory factors were the then limited powers of the Indian Legislature to legislate regarding shipping and the fact that part of the British Statute law on the subject, including parts of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, which is the principal United-Kingdom enactment on the subject, applied to Indian and any Indian enactment had to be in legal harmony with that law. A fresh attempt was made in 1921-22 to codify the Indian law on merchant shipping by the Statute Law Revision Committee, which decided that only consolidation, and not revision should be attempted immediately. The result was the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, which is now on the Statute Book and which consolidated some 21 existing Indian Acts on the subject. This Act has also been amended from time to time, the two major amendments being those made in 1933 and in 1953 so as to take power to implement the provisions of the international conventions with respect to load lines, 1930, and with respect to safety of life at sea, 1948, respectively, which have been ratified by.....

Information Technology Act, 2000 Chapter XI

Title: Offences

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....Act, 2008. Section 71 - Penalty for misrepresentation Whoever makes any misrepresentation to, or suppresses any material fact from the Controller or the Certifying Authority for obtaining any licence or 1[Electronic]Digital Signature Certificate, as the case may be, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Substituted vide Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. Previous text was digital Section 72 - Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, if any person who, in pursuance of any of the powers conferred under this Act, rules or regulations made thereunder, has secured access to any electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material without the consent of the person concerned discloses such electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information, document or other material to any other person shall be.....

Information Technology Act, 2000 Amending Act 1

Title: Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....appropriate Government may authorise the service providers to collect, retain and appropriate service charges under this section notwithstanding the fact that there is no express provision under the Act, rule, regulation or notification under which the service is provided to collect, retain and appropriate e-service charges by the service providers. (4) The appropriate Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the scale of service charges which may be charged and collected by the service providers under this section: Provided that the appropriate Government may specify different scale of service charges for different types of services.'. 8. Insertion of new section 7A After section 7 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "7A. Audit of documents, etc., maintained in electronic form.-- Where in any law for the time being in force, there is a provision for audit of documents, records or information, that provision shall also be applicable for audit of documents, records or information processed and maintained in the electronic form.". 9. Insertion of new section 10A After section 10 of the principal Act, the.....